Improvement in egg carriers and testers



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Egg Carrier and Tester.

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No. 202,132. Patented April 9, I878.

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CHARLES H. WYMAN, or sr." LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG CARRIERS AND TESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,132, dated April 9,1878; application filed February 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. WYMAN, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri,have invented an Improved Egg Carrier and Tester, of which the followingis a full,- clear, and exact description, reference being had totheannexed drawing, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a horizontal section, showing the carriers and outer case Fig. 2, aperspective view of what is termed a carrier, and as opened; Fig. 3, avertical cross-section taken through the carrier, as when closed, andshowing eggs in position; Fig. 4, a detail, being a side elevation of aportion of the outer casing and Fig. 5, a perspective View of a carrier,showing it closed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The prominent feature of the present improvement is a receptacle, termeda carrier, that serves for holding eggs, so that they can be safelytransported, but in such manner as to enable them to be readilyinspected. A single carrier can be used by itself, or any desirablenumber of them can be combined and inclosed in an outer case.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the carrier. It consists, mainly,oftwo parts-one, B, having a series of pockets, b b b, for receiving theeggs, and another, 0, that is hinged to the part B, and that can beclosed thereupon, so as to secure the eggs in the pockets. The parts,when closed together, can be held by the handle D. The eggs, when inposition, rest upon the cross-strips E E, the vertical strips F F, andalso the sides 0 and G, so far as transporting the eggs is concerned,serving more especially for keeping the eggs in an upright position. Thepockets, in a vertical direction, should be slightly longer than theeggs. The cross-strips E E, and also the parts 0, F, and G, arepreferably of an elastic material, such as pasteboard or thin pieces ofwood. Its various parts thus made and arranged, the carrier A serves forcarrying eggs. The sides 0 and G, however, are perforated at c and g,respectively, both to ventilate the carrier and to enable it to be usedas a tester. For this last named purpose each pocket should beperforated on opposite sides, and such perforations should be oppositeeach closed, in order to prevent the passage of any light through thepockets, saving that which passes through the eggs. The sides 0 G shouldbe spaced apart a distance about equal to the transverse diameter of theegg, and the perforations c g shouldibe arranged in the sides of thepockets so as tdcome opposite the largest transverse diameter of theegg, and they should not be so large as to allow of any light passingthrough the pockets around the eggs and interfering with the testingoperation, and for the same reason there should be no other openingstransversely in the carrier in the vicinity of the pockets.

The operation of the invention as thus far described is as follows: Theeggs are placed in the pockets b b b, and pointing downward and restingmainly upon the cross-strips E E. The part 0 is then closed upon thepart B, as in Figs. 3 and 5, covering and confining the eggs, andcausing them to come opposite the perforations c and g. The carrier cannow be handled and carried as a satchel, or be inclosed in an outercase, as hereinafter described.

To .test the eggs, it is only necessary to hold the carrier to thelight, which will then pass from one set of perforations, c a, throughthe eggs, and the other perforations, g g, enabling the eggs tobereadily inspected, and without any handling.

A convenient procedure in testing is as follows: Hold the carrier, as inFig. 5, with the side G toward you, marking such eggs as are bad; thenlay the carrier down upon the side C, the part B cam-then be lifted likea cover, leaving the eggs upon the part 0, where they can be readilyreached and separated. The side 0 is provided with a flange, c, thatserves to keep the eggs from rolling off the part 0, and also, when thecarrier is closed, as a pro tection to the part B. 1

Although the carrier is complete in itself as a means for carrying eggs,it can be in closed with other similar carriers in an outertransportation-case, H, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. When thus used,the various carriers should be separated from each other, and also fromthe sides h h of the case, sufficiently their edges, especially whenused in an outer case. A preferable mode of doing this is by extendingthe stripsE and F ate and f, respectively, and attaching to suchextensions an outer strip, J, of flexible or yielding material. The.hinge K of the part 0 may be made to take the place of the strip J atthe bottom of the carrier. The flange 0 is also an aid in thisconnection.

To provide for ventilation, the ease H may be perforated at anydesirable points, as at h h, through which the air can enter and come incontact with the eggs at the perforations c 9. When the latter aresoarranged and shaped,

case, in order for the air to pass between the carriers.

The carriers are arranged in the case H preferably as shown, for byremoving the cover h any of the carriers can be removed withoutdisturbing the others; but I do not desire to be confined to sucharrangement.

1 claim- 1. The carrier and tester A, having the pocketsb b I)perforated only at the sides of said pockets, and as and for thepurposes described. r

2. The carrier and tester A, consisting of the parts B and O, and havingthe pockets 1) b b, which are inclosed, saving the perforations g c inthe sides thereof, as and for-the purposes described.

CHAS. H. WYMAN. Witnesses:

CHAs. D. MooDY, PAUL BAKEWELL.

